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ANEMIOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (uh-NEE-mi-uhs)
MEANING: adjective: Growing in windy conditions.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek anemos (wind). Earliest documented use: 1879. ___________________________
ANEMIONS - microscopic particles that suppress your red blood cell count
MNEM-IOUS - to help you remember your debts
ÂNE MIAOUS - catlike noises made by a French donkey
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ACEDIOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (uh-SEE-dee-uhs)
MEANING: adjective: Characterized by apathy, boredom, or sloth.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin acedia, from Greek akedia, from a- (not) + kedos (care). Earliest documented use: 1609. Also see acedia. _______________________________________________
ACTEDIOUS - behave tiresomely
ABEDIOUS - sleep excessively
ACETIOUS - sharp, vinegary
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ADVENTITIOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (ad-ven-TI-shuhs)
MEANING: adjective: 1. Arising from an external source. 2. Happening by chance. 3. Appearing in an unusual place.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin adventicius (coming from outside, foreign), from advenire (to arrive), from ad- (toward) + venire (to come). Earliest documented use: 1603. Also spelled as adventious. ________________________________
ADDVENTITIOUS - installing additional windows
ADVENDITIOUS - for the purpose of selling more promotional messages
ADENTITIOUS - toothless
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CAESIOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (SEE-zee-uhs)
MEANING: adjective: Bluish or grayish green.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin caesius, probably from caelum (sky). Earliest documented use: 1835. __________________________________
CAESEOUS - cheesy
CADS IOUS - promissory notes, generally not repaid
CANESIOUS - a college in Buffalo NY, source of Jesuit sugar
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ANNELIDOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (uh-NEL-uh-duhs)
MEANING: adjective: Of or relating to worms. ETYMOLOGY: From French anneler (to ring), from Latin anellus, diminutive of anus (ring). Earliest documented use: 1835. __________________________________
PANNE-LIDOUS - like a bread-cover
ANNELI-NOUS - We're the Parisian branch of the Anneli family...
ANNELID FOUS - ...and we're crazy over earthworms!
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GAMBIT
PRONUNCIATION: (GAM-bit)
MEANING: noun: 1. An opening in which a minor piece is sacrificed to obtain a strategic advantage. 2. A maneuver used to secure an advantage. 3. A remark used to open or redirect a conversation.
ETYMOLOGY: From Spanish gambito, from Italian gambetto (the act of tripping someone), from gamba (leg). Earliest documented use: 1656. ______________________________________
GUMBIT - the masticatory equivalent of "Man Bites Dog"
GAMEBIT - money purchased and used within an App
GAMBIN - where you keep chess and checkers, Clue, Sorry, Monopoly, Settlers of Catan, Magic: the Gathering, and such, when you're not playing
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PROPUGNACULUM
PRONUNCIATION: (praw-puhg-NAK-yuh-luhm)
MEANING: noun: A fortress; defense; protection.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin propugnaculum (bulwark), from propugnare (to fight in defense of something), from pro- (toward) + pugnare (to fight), from pugnus (fist). Ultimately from the Indo-European root peuk- (to prick), which is also the source of point, puncture, pungent, punctual, poignant, pounce, poniard, oppugn, repugn, impugn, pugnacious, pugilist, and repugnant. Earliest documented use: 1773. ____________________________
PRE-PUGNACULUM - little skirmish leading up to the actual conflict
PROPUGNOCULUM - in favor of the beady little eye of a small short-nosed dog
PROPUGNACUUM - a suction cleaning device that's angry all the time
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FLATFOOTED
PRONUNCIATION: (flat-FOOT-id)
MEANING: adjective: 1. Clumsy; unimaginative; uninspired. 2. Forthright. 3. Unprepared. 4. Uncompromising. 5. Having the arch of the foot flattened so the entire sole touches the ground.
ETYMOLOGY: From flat, from Old Norse flatr + foot, from Old English fot. Earliest documented use: 1601. (A flatfoot is not necessarily flatfooted. ________________________________
FATFOOTED - bloated and edematous from the ankle down
FEATFOOTED - world's-record-holder in the 100-meter dash
FLATFOOLED - convinced he was in the wrong apartment
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CONSANGUINEOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (kon-sang-GWIN-ee-uhs)
MEANING: adjective: Related by blood; having a common ancestor.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin consanguineus, from con- (with) + sanguineus (bloody), from sanguis (blood). Earliest documented use: 1616. ________________________
CON SANGUINE BUS - brings prisoners back from their Anger Management sessions
CONAN GUINEOUS - Night-show host O'Brien acted like Obiwan Kenobi (or the British Colonel at the River Kwai)
CONS AN' QUINEOUS - fake COVID-19 cure is actually good for malaria
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HAM-HANDED
PRONUNCIATION: (HAM-han-did)
MEANING: adjective: Clumsy; tactless; lacking social grace.
ETYMOLOGY: From ham + hand. It’s the same ham (one who overacts), apparently from the minstrel song, “The Hamfat Man”. Earliest documented use: 1918. ____________________________
WHAM-HANDED - a very hard-punching boxer
HAT-HANDED - begging
HAM-WANDED - a showy but incompetent magician
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